The summer months always bring heat, so why shouldn't your nails be as hot as the weather?!? This is a twist on a plain old french mani that is sure to get second looks and "Oh my Goodness! Where did you get those done?!" Get ready, this easy nail art is as hot as it gets!
I started with two different colors for my base, just to show you what the flames look like on different colors. I used OPI's My Private Jet and Wet n Wild's Kaleidoscope. I know that I was supposed to put away all of my darker colors until fall, but I just love My Private Jet. It's a black color, but it is incredibly irredecent! It's one of my favorite colors! The other color, Kaleidoscope, is actually meant to go over a color to give it extra glitter, but three coats and your nails have a great eyecatching sparkle, even without a base color! (you'll find that I break a lot of rules, like not using base color when I'm supposed too! ☺)
So, now to start the nail art you have to have completely dried nails. Despite their show-stopping appearance, flames are a pretty easy thing to master painting. As a matter of fact, I use them all the time, especially when I make nails inspired by Rock-N-Roll groups (like KISS). I usually use a small nail art brush, or my brush with one bristle, this way the paint is easier to control. I've also found that RIMMEL French White Tip Pro, it comes with a tiny brush, works great too. (It's what I used for this mani). You always start with a white base for the flames. This is especially important on a black or dark colored base to help the flames show up! The trick is to use a small brush and a flicking motion when making the tips of the flames. You simply paint up to where you want your flame to end, then you use a small 'flick' of your wrist to make the extremely point at the tip. Make big flames and small flames and branch littl flames off bigger ones. I love the fact that nail art has no rights or wrongs and that no one's is ever the same! After you have the white base on, you have to wait for it to dry, otherwise your flames will NEVER dry and they'll be ruined within the hour.
After the white has dried, it's time to start adding the color. I use red, orange, and yellow, in order to make them look like real flames. Today, I'm using Revlon All Fired Up (Red), Heaven Nail Lacquer SERENITY (Orange), and Sinful Colors Neon Melon (Yellow). The trick to this is to apply the red first, using your small brush, then add a tiny bit of orange. Carefully swirl some of the orange into the red and drag the new color up towards the tips of you flames.
You then do the same for the orange and yellow.
Be sure to finish the tip with the brightest yellow possible! After you've done that, top coat it, and you are ready to hit the pool, or the mall, or...where ever! No matter where you go, you can hold your head up, knowing the you have great looking nails that you did yourself!
Just to show you an example of how else you can use flames...
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